Combined harness snap and slide.



No. 809,924. PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906. J. REIGHERT.

COMBINED HARNESS SNAP AND SLIDE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1905.

JOHN REICHERT, OF RACINE,\VISGONS1N.

COMBINED'HARNESS SNAP AND SLlDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Original application filed March 3,1905, Serial No. 248,198. Divided andthis application filed June 14,1905. Serial No. 265,214.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN REICHERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Racine, Racine county, State of Visconsin, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Harness Snap andSlide; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in breast-strap slidesand snaps, and this application is filed as a division of myapplication, filed March 3, 1905, Serial No. 248,198.

An object of the invention is to provide certain improvements inarrangements of parts and in constructions and combinations of elementswhereby an efiicient and effective combined breast-strap slide and snapwill be produced.

The invention consists in certain features in construction andcombinations of parts, as

more fully and particularly pointed out and described hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a combined snap and slide within the spirit and scope of myinvention, dotted lines indicating the breast strap. Fig. 2 is asectional view through the upper portion of the device, taken in theplane of the axis of the pivotal connection between the snap and slide.Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through the slide, showing a portion ofthe snap-head.

Combined breast strap slides and snaps comprise a slide to receive andslide on the breast-strap of double harness and a snaphook pivotallyjoined to the slide and adapted to detachably receive the neck-yoke eyeor other suitable portion of the harness. and my present inventioncomprises certain improvements in devices of this type.

In the drawings, 2 is the shank or hook portion of the snap, and thisshank is integral with a top U-shaped cross-head, consisting of thecross-piece 3, from which the shank 2 centrally depends, and the twoelongated arms 4, extending up from the opposite ends of the cross-piece3. At their upper ends said arms are formed with the alined transverseeyes 5, having fiat inner faces.

6 is the spring-actuated swinging tongue of the snap held normallyclosing against the hook-bill by any suitable spring mechanismsuch ascoiled spring 7, interposed between the tongue and the upper portion ofthe hookshank. The tongue can be attached and pivoted in any suitablemanner. For instance, I show the cross-piece 3 of the snap crossheadformed with a recess 8, into which the trunnions 9, at the upper end ofthe tongue, are journaled. These trunnions are confined to turn in thisrecess by the small lugs 10, bent over the recess and trunnions.However, I do not wish to limit my invention to any particular means forconfining or mounting the snap-tongue, nor, in fact, do I wish to limitmy invention to employment of a tongue.

The breast-strap slide-frame is cast or otherwise formed in one pieceand comprises the transverse bottom plate portions or bars 11, underwhich the breast-strap passes loosely. The ends of the slide divergeupwardly and can be slotted, about as shown, to form the loops or eyes12 at the upper extremities of the slide and through which the straploosely passes and by which the slide is held down in the strap. Theslide-frame is formed with the fiat side ears 13, constitutingthe slideside walls, and these ears have alined perforations. The arms at of thehook cross-head extend up beside the vertical faces of the ears 13, andthe eyes at the upper ends of said arms 4: register with theperforations in the ears 13. A transverse rivet 14: is passed throughthe eyes and ears and is suitably headed at its outer end at the outerfaces of the eyes to pivotally couple together the slide and hook. Thebottom plate of the slide is divided or formed with a central openingbetween the ears 13, thereby leaving the two side portions 11 of thebottom plate of the slide. The bottom breast strap-engaging surface ofthe slide is formed by an idler-roller 15, mounted loosely on the rivet14c and located between the two plate portions or bars 11 and with itsends arranged at the inner faces of the cars 13.

Other means than the rivet might be employed, so far as certain featuresof my invention are concerned to pivotally unite the slide and hook onan axis arranged above the bottom strap-engaging surface of the slide,and to arrange for the idler-roller on the same axial line.

That I claim is 1. In combination, a snap-hook comprising a shankor hookportion having at its upper end, and integral therewith, the U-shapedcross-head comprising elongated upwardlyprojecting arms withbearing-openings in their upper ends, a breast-strap slide having sideears pivotally confined to said arms, and an idler-roller arrangedtransversely of the slide and between said ears and rotating on an axisconcentric with the axis of the pivotal connection between the slide andsaid arms.

2. In combination, a snap-hook comprising a shank or hook proper at itsupper end having a U-shaped cross-head comprising the of said arms andthrough the sides of said slide and longitudinally of said opening, andan idler-roller on said rivet between the sides of the slide and saidcross-bars, substantially as described.

4. A combined harness snap and slide, comprising a slide-frame havingside walls and cross-bars between said side walls and spaced a distanceapart, an idler-roller arranged between the side Walls and cross-barsand forming the bottom strap-receiving surface of the slide, and asnap-hook having a top head pivotall y connected with said side Walls,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN REICHERT.

Witnesses:

FLORENCE N. GRAHAM, H. L. YANCE.

